Cultural historian and co-author of the seminal, “An Architectural Guidebook to Los Angeles,” Robert Winter has died at the age of 94. His passing has left many in this vast, complicated city saddened.

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Brian Bencomo

Brian Bencomo is an assistant editor for ESPN.com and also writes about hockey for The Fischler Report. He likes to write about the intersections of sports and society and his work has been published by Fox Sports, L.A. Weekly, USC Annenberg Media and Pasadena Magazine.